silk-stocking

silk–stock·ing

adj \ˈsilk-ˈstä-kiŋ\

Definition of SILK-STOCKING

1

: aristocratic, wealthy <a silk–stocking district> <a silk–stocking law firm>

2

: fashionably dressed <a silk–stocking audience>

3

: of or relating to the American Federalist party

First Known Use of SILK-STOCKING

1798

Related to SILK-STOCKING

Synonyms: affluent, deep-pocketed, fat, fat-cat, flush, loaded, moneyed (also monied), opulent, silk-stocking, wealthy, well-endowed, well-fixed, well-heeled, well-off, well-to-do

Antonyms: destitute, impecunious, impoverished, indigent, needy, penniless, penurious, poor, poverty-stricken

Related Words: better-off, comfortable, propertied, prosperous, substantial, successful; flourishing, prospering, thriving; advantaged, blessed (also blest), privileged

Near Antonyms: unaffluent; deprived, disadvantaged, hand-to-mouth, underprivileged; bankrupt, bankrupted, beggared, broke, indebted, insolvent, pauperized, ruined, skint [chiefly British]; depressed, pinched, reduced, straitened; low, short

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